How does that work with shut boarders? Can only qldanders come home ?
I'm not sure exactly. NSW borders are not closed, but in NSW you need a legitimate reason for being out. Queenslanders can return home a long as they promise to self isolate. AFAIK, at the main border points on the Gold Coast, they are simply waving QLD plated cars through, but stopping NSW cars to see if they have entry permits. Not sure about places like Goondiwindi and others inland.
We are in a predicament where we are looking at safe and legal ways to get my recently windowed mum from country NSW to Brisbane, as I'm worried a bit for her mental health and we would really like it here before Mrs CD has our next baby (late July). Options would be my flying down there and driving her back, or driving the 2600km round trip to pick her up, both options are not ideal. There appears to be a catch-all in the permits that allows for compassionate grounds, but at the end my mother's safety and doing the right thing are important. I think how awful it would have been if my father passed away now, as opposed to six weeks ago, but this is just the situation we're in I suppose. On the plus side, the town she is in (shire population 11,000) has not had any Covid19 cases.